Frankenstein
PB Shelley
Frankenstein Databases
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Frankenstein
Frontispiece to Mary Shelley, Frankenstein published by Colburn and Bentley, London 1831; steel engraving in book.
Theodore Von Holst, Private Collection, Bath, Wikimedia Commons
Romantic Poets
Handouts used by Eileen Bach for instructional purposes.
- John KeatsThis link will bring you to full-text versions of poems by John Keats. The poem we will read is titled, "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer."
- Samuel ColeridgeThis link provides the complete text of this narrative poem, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, by Samuel Coleridge.
- ShelleyThis link brings you to a comprehensive list of full-text poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley. The poem that we will read is titled "Mutability."
- William WordsworthThis link takes you to the full text versions of many of Wordsworth's poems. The poems we will read include "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud", "Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey" and "The World is too Much With Us."
Powerpoint Presentation
- FrankensteinPowerpoint created by Michael Stultz.
Presentation used by Eileen Bach for instructional purposes.
Classroom Materials
Handouts used by Eileen Bach for instructional purposes.
- Excerpt from the Dress LodgerThis novel by Sheri Holman is a fictitious account of what happens to Dr. Henry Chiver after he is hounded from Edinburgh due to his association with the body snatchers Burke and Hare. Dr. Chiver is driven to robbing graves as he searches for a cure.
- 'Show Me How to Live' Lyrics by Chris CornellThe lyrics to this song are reminiscent of the novel; they raise the concern that "You gave me life; now show me how to live."
Audio
Handouts used by Eileen Bach for instructional purposes.
- Audio Version of FrankensteinThis link takes you to audio versions of books that are in the public domain, including Frankenstein